SPORTS
Thursday, June 20, 2019
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Baseball: Diamondjaxx rally with 9 runs
in fifth inning for split with Legends
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be able to have fun.”
Game two looked to go
the same way.
By the top of the sec-
ond, the Legends had
already jumped out to an 8-0
advantage.
With the bases loaded and
just one out on the board, Jor-
gensen singled on a line drive
to right field that put up three
RBIs. The Legends would
score a total of five runs by
the end of the second inning.
The Diamondjaxx were
scoreless for the first four
innings, but that would soon
change. In the bottom of the
fifth, they reeled off nine runs
to knot the score and stay in
the game.
“The team can get down
on themselves,” Fell said,
“but after we start scoring
some runs, it’s easy to keep
our heads up.”
La Grande’s Derek Begin
walked two and Collin Pri-
mus singled to start the
inning and load the bases.
From there, Pendleton kept
all bases occupied as the runs
AP Photo/John Locher
Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov poses on the red
carpet before the NHL Awards on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Tampa Bay’s Nikita
Kucherov wins Hart,
Lindsay at NHL Awards
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Michael Flores, of Pepsi Diamondjaxx, attempts to slide into second base under the glove of
La Grande’s Logan Williams on Wednesday at Bob White Field.
kept coming in. Jim Smith
doubled on a fly ball to left
field that drove in two RBIs,
and he and Peal then took
advantage of a pair of passed
balls to pull within one run of
the Legends.
La Grande swapped in
Sergio Staab on the mound
in an effort to stay ahead, but
Primus singled on his second
at-bat of the inning to drive
in a run and even the score
at 9-9.
Staab walked a batter
and hit another in the bot-
tom of the sixth, allow-
ing Peal to double and
score two more RBIs as
Pendleton shot ahead and
stayed that way until the end.
“Pendleton is historically
known for being a good
baseball program,” Wick-
lander said. “My kids know
this. You can’t ever slack on
a team like that.”
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Keller didn’t return for the
fifth after giving up nine hits
and throwing 97 pitches.
“It just felt like I really
didn’t have anything behind
the fastball today,” Keller said.
“It’s kind of not a good feeling
when you’re going into a start
with that, so I was just try-
ing to create stuff and threw
myself out of . whack and left
a few balls over the middle of
the plate that they took advan-
tage of. Whenever it felt like I
didn’t have my fastball, I was
trying to manipulate and it
wasn’t working.”
Santana added a solo home
run, his 15th of the season,
in the sixth and finished with
three hits. The top three bat-
ters in the order — Smith,
Crawford and Santana —
each scored two runs.
Gonzales (8-6) scattered
six hits over 6 2/3 innings,
striking out five. It was his
third straight victory after
going 0-6 in his previous
seven outings.
“I think something that’s
overlooked with me is my
ability to adapt and adjust, and
hopefully the past couple of
starts have kind of shown that
I can bring a different thing
every game,” Gonzales said.
HERNANDEZ
RESULTS
An MRI showed nothing
out of the ordinary in RHP
Felix Hernandez’s injured
shoulder, Servais said. The
2010 AL Cy Young Award
winner is expected to begin
working out again soon. Ser-
vais said Hernandez could
pick up a ball in a few days for
light tossing. Hernandez left a
minor league appearance Fri-
day night after experiencing
fatigue in his shoulder and
strained lat. He’ll throw bull-
pens before making another
minor league start.
that sidetracked his return
last month. Tuivailala will
report to Class A Everett
where he will work out of
the bullpen for three or more
games until he earns a move
to Triple-A Tacoma, Servais
said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: RHP Glenn
Sparkman (1-3, 4.01 ERA)
will face the Twins on Thurs-
day night for the second
time this week after giv-
ing up five runs and five hits
in five innings of a loss last
Saturday.
Mariners: Servais said
he will likely use an opener
Thursday and then turn to
Wade LeBlanc (3-2, 6.20
ERA) in the series opener
against Baltimore.
Royals: SS Adalberto
Mondesi was out of the
lineup with tightness in his
right groin. He’s day to day.
Mariners: RHP Sam Tui-
vailala threw 30 pitches
Tuesday in his first bullpen
since taking a step back in
his return from Achilles ten-
don surgery. The reliever
said he didn’t feel any of the
muscle tightness in his arm
UP NEXT
SCOREBOARD
NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
All Times PDT
(Double Elimination; x-if necessary)
Saturday, June 15
Michigan 5, Texas Tech 3
Florida State 1, Arkansas 0
Sunday, June 16
Vanderbilt 3, Louisville 1
Mississippi State 5, Auburn 4
Monday, June 17
Texas Tech 5, Arkansas 4, Arkansas
eliminated
Michigan 2, Florida State 0
Tuesday, June 18
Louisville 4, Auburn 1, 5 innings, susp.,
game
Wednesday, June 19
Louisville 5, Auburn 3, Auburn
eliminated
Vanderbilt 6, Mississippi State 3
Texas Tech 4, Florida State 1, FSU
eliminated
Thursday, June 20
Game 10 — Louisville (50-17) vs. Missis-
sippi State (52-14), 5 p.m.
Friday, June 21
Game 11 — Michigan (47-20) vs. Texas
Tech (46-19), 11 a.m.
Game 12 — Vanderbilt (56-11) vs. Game
10 winner, 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 22
x-Game 13 — Michigan vs. Texas Tech,
11 a.m.
x-Game 14 — Vanderbilt vs. Game 10
winner, 4 p.m.
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday, June 24: Pairings TBD, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25: Pairings TBD, 4 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 26: Pairings TBD,
4 p.m.
2019 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
All Times PDT
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
W L T GF GA Pts
x-France
3 0 0
7
1
9
x-Norway
2 1 0
6
3
6
Nigeria
1 2 0
2
4
3
South Korea 0 3 0
1
8
0
x-advanced to second round
Friday, June 7
At Paris
France 4, South Korea 0
Saturday, June 8
At Reims, France
Norway 3, Nigeria 0
Wednesday, June 12
At Grenoble, France
Nigeria 2, South Korea 0
At Nice, France
France 2, Norway 1
Monday, June 17
At Rennes, France
France 1, Nigeria 0
At Reims, France
Norway 2, South Korea 1
GROUP B
W L T GF GA Pts
x-Germany
3 0 0
6
0
9
x-Spain
1 1 1
3
2
4
x-China
1 1 1
1
1
4
South Africa 0 3 0
1
8
0
x-advanced to second round
Saturday, June 8
At Rennes, France
Germany 1, China 0
At Le Havre, France
Spain 3, South Africa 1
Wednesday, June 12
At Valenciennes, France
Germany 1, Spain 0
Thursday, June 13
At Paris
China 1, South Africa 0
Monday, June 17
At Montpellier, France
Germany 4, South Africa 0
At Le Havre, France
China 0, Spain 0
GROUP C
W L T GF GA
x-Italy
2 1 0
7
2
x-Australia 2 1 0
8
5
x-Brazil
2 1 0
6
3
Jamaica
0 3 0
1 12
x-advanced to second round
Sunday, June 9
At Valenciennes, France
Italy 2, Australia 1
At Grenoble, France
Brazil 3, Jamaica 0
Thursday, June 13
At Montpellier, France
Australia 3, Brazil 2
Friday, June 14
At Reims, France
Italy 5, Jamaica 0
Tuesday, June 18
At Grenoble, France
Australia 4, Jamaica 1
At Valenciennes, France
Brazil 1, Italy 0
GROUP D
W L T GF GA
x-England 3 0 0
5
1
x-Japan
1 1 1
2
3
Argentina
0 1 2
3
4
Scotland
0 2 1
5
7
x-advanced to second round
Sunday, June 9
At Nice, France
England 2, Scotland 1
Monday, June 10
At Paris
Argentina 0, Japan 0
Friday, June 14
At Rennes, France
Japan 2, Scotland 1
At Le Havre, France
England 1, Argentina 0
Wednesday, June 19
At Nice, France
England 2, Japan 0
At Paris
Scotland 3, Argentina 3
GROUP E
W L T GF GA
x-Netherlands 2 0 0
4
1
x-Canada
2 0 0
3
0
Cameroon
0 2 0
1
4
New Zealand
0 2 0
0
3
x-advanced to second round
Monday, June 10
At Montpellier, France
Canada 1, Cameroon 0
Tuesday, June 11
At Le Havre, France
Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0
Saturday, June 15
At Valenciennes, France
Netherlands 3, Cameroon 1
At Grenoble, France
Canada 2, New Zealand 0
Thursday, June 20
At Reims, France
Netherlands vs. Canada, Noon
At Montpellier, France
Cameroon vs. New Zealand, Noon
GROUP F
W L T GF GA
x-United States 2 0 0 16
0
x-Sweden
2 0 0 7
1
Chile
0 2 0 0
5
Thailand
0 2 0 1 18
x-advanced to second round
Tuesday, June 11
At Rennes, France
Sweden 2, Chile 0
At Reims, France
Pts
6
6
6
0
Pts
9
4
2
1
Pts
6
6
0
0
United States 13, Thailand 0
Sunday, June 16
At Nice, France
Sweden 5, Thailand 1
At Paris
United States 3, Chile 0
Thursday, June 20
At Le Havre, France
Sweden vs. United States, 12 p.m.
At Rennes, France
Thailand vs. Chile, 12 p.m.
SECOND ROUND
Saturday, June 22
At Grenoble, France
Germany vs. Group A, C or D third place,
8:30 a.m.
At Nice, France
Norway vs. Australia, 12 p.m.
Sunday, June 23
At Valenciennes, France
England vs. Group B, E or F third place,
8:30 a.m.
At Le Havre, France
France vs. Group C, D or E third place,
12 p.m.
Monday, June 24
At Reims, France
Spain vs. Group F winner, Noon
At Paris
Group F second place vs. Group E sec-
ond place, 12 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25
At Montpellier, France
Italy vs. Group A, B or F third place, Noon
At Rennes, France
Group E winner vs. Japan, 12 p.m.
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday, June 27
At Le Havre, France
Nice winner vs. Valenciennes winner,
12 p.m.
Friday, June 28
At Paris
Le Havre winner vs. Reims winner,
12 p.m.
Saturday, June 29
At Valenciennes, France
Montpellier winner vs. Rennes winner,
6 a.m.
At Rennes, France
Grenoble winner vs. Paris winner,
9:30 a.m.
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, July 2
At Lyon, France
Le Havre winner vs. Paris winner, 12 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3
At Lyon, France
Valenciennes winner vs. Rennes win-
ner, 12 p.m.
THIRD PLACE
Saturday, July 6
At Nice, France
Semifinal losers, 8 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, July 7
At Lyon, France
Semifinal winners, 8 a.m.
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pts
6
6
0
0
All Times PDT
East
New York
Tampa Bay
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Central
Minnesota
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
West
Houston
W
46
43
40
26
21
W
48
39
35
26
25
W
48
L
27
31
35
48
53
L
24
34
37
44
49
L
27
Pct
.630
.581
.533
.351
.284
Pct
.667
.534
.486
.371
.338
Pct
.640
GB
—
3½
7
20½
25½
GB
—
9½
13
21
24
GB
—
Texas
39
35
.527
8½
Oakland
39
36
.520
9
Los Angeles
38
37
.507
10
Seattle
32
46
.410
17½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati 3, Houston 2
N.Y. Yankees 12, Tampa Bay 1
Oakland 8, Baltimore 3
Seattle 8, Kansas City 2
Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 7
L.A. Angels 11, Toronto 6
Chicago Cubs 7, Chicago White Sox 3
Thursday’s Games
Cleveland (Bieber 6-2) at Texas (Minor
6-4), 11:05 a.m.
Houston (Valdez 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Green 1-2), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Suarez 2-1) at Toronto (Rich-
ard 0-3), 4:07 p.m.
Minnesota (Odorizzi 10-2) at Kansas City
(Sparkman 1-3), 5:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Morton 8-1) at Oakland
(Montas 9-2), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Bundy 3-8) at Seattle (LeBlanc
3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland, 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
W
L
Pct
GB
Atlanta
44 31 .587
—
Philadelphia
39 34 .534
4
Washington
35 38 .479
8
New York
35 39 .473
8½
Miami
26 45 .366
16
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
40 33 .548
—
Milwaukee
40 34 .541
½
St. Louis
37 35 .514
2½
Cincinnati
34 38 .472
5½
Pittsburgh
33 40 .452
7
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
49 25 .662
—
Colorado
38 34 .528
10
Arizona
38 36 .514
11
San Diego
38 37 .507 11½
San Francisco 31 40 .437 16½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati 3, Houston 2
Washington 6, Philadelphia 2, 1st game
San Diego 8, Milwaukee 7
Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 7
Washington 2, Philadelphia 0, 2nd game
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 2
Chicago Cubs 7, Chicago White Sox 3
Thursday’s Games
Colorado (Hoffman 1-3) at Arizona (Ray
5-4), 12:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 6-1) at Washington
(Fedde 1-1), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Gallen 0-0) at St. Louis (Wain-
wright 5-6), 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Lockett 0-0) at Chicago Cubs
(Chatwood 3-1), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Roark 4-6) at Milwaukee (Nel-
son 0-1), 5:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-6) at L.A.
Dodgers (Urias 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Nikita
Kucherov
gratefully
accepted the Hart Trophy
and the Ted Lindsay Award
on Wednesday night in rec-
ognition of his spectacular
128-point regular season in
Tampa Bay.
He might even be able to
enjoy the trophies someday,
whenever the sting of the
Lightning’s first-round post-
season loss has faded.
Kucherov won the NHL’s
highest honors Wednesday
night, receiving the Hart
as the league MVP and the
Lindsay Award as the best
player according to a vote of
his fellow pros.
The Russian right wing
also formally picked up
the Art Ross Trophy as
the NHL’s top scorer at
the hockey world’s annual
Vegas ceremony at the Man-
dalay Bay Events Center.
“It’s a huge night for
me and my family,” said
Kucherov, who turned 26
on Monday. “But the main
thing is Stanley Cup. We
want to make sure we work
harder than we thought we
did (last season). All these
individual (awards), it’s
obviously nice, but the main
thing is Stanley Cup for
me.”
Andrei
Vasilevskiy,
Kucherov’s Russian team-
mate, won his first Vezina
Trophy as the NHL’s top
goalie in another bittersweet
recognition for the Light-
ning, who won 62 regu-
lar-season games before get-
ting swept by Columbus in
the opening round.
Kucherov received 164
of 171 first-place votes in a
runaway Hart victory over
two-time MVP Sidney
Crosby of Pittsburgh, who
finished second, and 2017
Hart winner Connor McDa-
vid of Edmonton. The vot-
ing was no surprise after
Kucherov posted the NHL’s
highest-scoring individual
season since 1996.
“When the team plays
good, the numbers will
obviously
be
good,”
Kucherov said. “You just try
not to think too much about
it. If you think too much,
your game can just go away,
and bad things can happen.
All my thoughts were about
winning games for my
team, and help the team get
more points.”
A year after scoring 100
points, Kucherov emerged
as perhaps the most impres-
sive scorer in hockey, put-
ting up a career-best 41 goals
and 87 assists. Kucherov
tied Jaromir Jagr’s NHL
record for assists by a wing,
and he surpassed Alexan-
der Mogilny’s single-season
record for points by a Rus-
sian-born player.
Tampa Bay also posted
128 standings points, the
most by any team since 1996
— but Kucherov regrets that
he had little impact during
the Lightning’s stunning
sweep by the Blue Jack-
ets. Kucherov served a one-
game suspension for a dan-
gerous hit during the series,
and he scored his only two
playoff points in the Game
4 defeat.
“When I came (to the
U.S.), the main thing was
just try and make the team,”
Kucherov said. “Now all
my thoughts are just to win
the Cup, and bring the Cup
back to Tampa, because
people deserve that. We’ve
been playing good hockey,
and I’m sure if we keep
the team (together), we can
bounce back.”
Calgary’s Mark Gior-
dano won the Norris Tro-
phy as the NHL’s top defen-
seman, earning the award
for the first time at 35
years old. Vancouver for-
ward Elias Pettersson won
the Calder Trophy given
to the league’s top rookie,
and Ryan O’Reilly added
his first Selke Trophy as the
NHL’s top defensive for-
ward to the Blues’ Stanley
Cup victory.
Barry Trotz of the New
York Islanders won his sec-
ond Jack Adams Award as
the best coach, while Bos-
ton’s Don Sweeney was
named the league’s top gen-
eral manager.
But Kucherov was the
headliner on a night of
several first-time winners
at the NHL Awards cere-
mony, hosted by “Saturday
Night Live” veteran Kenan
Thompson. The Hart
was presented by “Jeop-
ardy” host Alex Trebek,
who received a standing
ovation in one of his first
public appearances since
announcing his battle with
pancreatic cancer.
SPORTS BRIEF
Hermiston to host
Oregon District 3
tourney
HERMISTON
—
Hermiston will host the
Oregon District 3 Little
League baseball and soft-
ball tournaments Saturday
through Thursday at the
baseball complex on Diag-
onal Road.
There will be 41 teams
competing in seven age
divisions (three base-
ball, four softball). The
tournaments are double
elimination.
The tournaments will
feature teams from Herm-
iston,
Pendleton,
La
Grande, Wallowa Valley,
Milton-Freewater, Baker,
Columbia
(Boardman,
Irrigon, Stanfield, Uma-
tilla), Pilot Rock, Grant
County, Union County
and Harney County.
The winner of each divi-
sion will advance to its
respective state tournament.
The baseball com-
plex has full concessions,
bleacher seating on both
sides of the field, and out-
field seating with your
own chair.
Hermiston Chamber
of Commerce CEO Kim
Nevil said there is no
way to accurately track
the money spent in the
community for the week
since it is not an annual
event, but she said that
it is important to the
community.
“It brings in a signifi-
cant amount of money to
the community,” Nevin
said. “You have 41 teams,
you can imagine the fami-
lies that come along to sup-
port their Little Leaguers.
We don’t have a way to
track specific dollars spent,
but there are hotels, meals,
sunscreen and snacks. It
adds up. I hope our com-
munity members wel-
come them and show what
makes Hermiston a sweet
place to live.”